15 Sep From Hotels, Apartments to Corporate Housing: They’re All Going ‘Personal’

Posted at 20:10h in Global Mobility, Housing Tips, Northern California, Relocating, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

One vital factor that can lead to the success of your assignee working on foreign soil is that his temporary housing accommodations must feel like a second home. It doesn’t matter if he relocated by himself, or brought his family with him. His current digs...

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13 Sep International Relocation: Take a Page From the U.S. Military

Posted at 20:28h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

Text & Photo:  Cathy Heyne An international relocation strategy is part of every international company’s arsenal for attracting the best talent. But global HR executives often struggle to manage their global mobility programs, because doing so successfully is a bit like juggling perhaps one-too-many balls: one...

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11 Sep Los Gatos, CA: Families Find it a Great — and Safe — Place to Live In

Posted at 19:06h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

Los Gatos is famous mainly because it’s located in Santa Clara County, Northern California, the cradle of many tech companies. Its residents have seen the birth of giants, taking quiet pride as Netflix and Barracuda produced one groundbreaking product wonder after another. But the other...

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09 Sep Moving to Northern California? Here are 3 Trends You Should Know

Posted at 17:26h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

Northern California is one of the busiest states in the U.S. where both Americans and expatriates want to work and live. As  the cradle of innovation and the home of tech giants like Facebook and Google, startups and leading companies alike are drawing in talents...

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07 Sep Why Your Assignees May Just Want to Relocate to Northern California

Posted at 20:47h in Corporate Housing, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

They’re all phenomenally rich, world-famous, infinitely talented. Mark Zuckerberg, Clint Eastwood and John Lasseter all share one thing in common. They live in Northern California. Your talents or assignees may want to relocate here as well. Anywhere else and these famous could be mobbed, but NorCal...

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05 Sep Relocating? What Mystery and History Await You in San Jose, CA

Posted at 18:24h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Housing Tips, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

If you’re a global mobility specialist looking for good top-notch accommodation for your relocating talent, the last thing you want is for it be a mystery. You would prefer your corporate housing provider (read: us) to be as straightforward as possible. If we say we...

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31 Aug How to Manage Your Team in Times of Uncertainty

Posted at 01:51h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

It’s not just death and taxes that are permanent in this world: so is change -- and at no time has it been as fast, disruptive, and all-encompassing as in the 21st century. The experts warn that it will not be slowing down any time...

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30 Aug Maximizing Your Career Opportunities Should Include Cultural Immersion

Posted at 02:13h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

As a global mobility professional, a visit to another country is an opportunity not to just find top talents or broaden your pool of potential hires, but to find out about a culture as best as you can. Doing so is the more fascinating perks...

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25 Aug Feet-friendly San Mateo: Where people lead a healthy lifestyle

Posted at 23:10h in Corporate Housing, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

All that exercise and clean living are bound to pay off. Eighty percent of the residents of San Mateo, California have healthy weight, 85 percent engage in physical activities, and 90 percent do not smoke. Healthiness and happiness are closely related. A healthy person can...

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23 Aug Global Cosmopolitans: Why You Need Them and How to Spot Them

Posted at 02:32h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

The kind of brilliant, culturally aware talent that we global mobility professionals are looking for can be summed up in one important and newly-defined term: “Global Cosmopolitans.” The term itself is a give-away. A Global Cosmopolitan is a hardworking, smart professional who has made the world...

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